July 28, 2008

Are you kidding.....

My name is Mandi and I'm a sucky blogger!!! :-)



Hi anyone who still checks this thing to see if I ever blog!! I really think about it all the time I just can't get myself to actually use my brain to make sentences sometimes....like right now!! Don't really have much to say, just enjoying a night at home!! Finally!! I know we never do anything but it seems like we are never home! Yesterday was Andy's birthday and we had a nice day! Went to church, lunch at Applebee's with the Bolling's, then for some nice needed swimming!! It was so stinkin nice!! I think he had a great day, but then again, who doesn't have a great day hanging out with me!! :-) hehehehehe!! On Saturday we went to Sedalia and ate dinner and went to the movies to see "Hancock." Pretty good movie. But did you know it costs $7.50 to see a stinkin movie??? I had no idea! I am almost certain I have not paid to get into the movies in about 6 years...at least!! She said $15.00 was our total and I thought she was making us pay for the people behind us!!! I can totally wait and rent it from Redbox for $1!! Are you kidding????

So, still no names for the baby. Any ideas? I think we have a pretty good girl one, maybe, but I'm not sold on the boy names that we've found. I'm 26 weeks now and people are asking me when I'm going to pop. Seriously, when did it become ok for random people to talk about how FAT you've gotten?? I went to Wal-Mart the other day and this lady said, "Oh, wow. Are you having another girl?" I told her we didn't find out so I'm not sure yet. She seriously said to me, "Well, I bet it's a girl. People usually blow up when it's a girl. I'm pretty sure it's a girl!!" ARE YOU KIDDING ME???? She didn't even think about it either...I guess that means I've officially "blown up!" Another girl at work said..."Dang girl, when you gonna have that thing?" That's when I proceeded to let her know that I still have 3 months to go...She said, "How are you going to carry that around for that much longer?" I thought about telling her I have a pretty wheelbarrow at home!! Man, she really had some room to talk...grrrrr. She then told me "Gosh, you so have to watch what you say to pregnant people these days, they're so touchy!!" Are you kidding....????

Ok, really should be putting the kids to bed now.Adilynn just came up to me and had me put on her pj's. She brought two pair of panties...she said one is for night time and one for the morning. She also brought me a long sleeve flannel button up Dora pj shirt and a pair of Sponge Bob pj shorts....she looks ridiculous, but so stinkin cute! I so wish I knew how to post pictures. :-( Oh Aaaannnndddddyyyyy......maybe I'll post one before Christmas!! (I'm wishin big!!)



Good night everyone...if anyone reads this! :-)

May 22, 2008

Another day in the life....ahhhhh.......

Ok, so I was just in changing the laundry and remembered that I had to blog tonight!! I couldn't think of anything to say and in walks Andy and Adilynn. He said, "have you heard her screaming in there?" I said, "No, why?" He said that Adi was diggin in her nose and he asked her if she had a bugger. She did not answer so he got a Kleenex and told her to blow. Nothing came out so he told her to look up and let him see what was going on. Then my 3 year old daughter says, "Can you see my silly putty in there? Huh??" He said that it was blocked with something large and PINK!!! He had to go get the tweezers and do some minor surgery!!! It was a pretty large slice of silly putty that she apparently stuck in her nose!! It was probably about the size of a nickel!! What in the world??? Talk about some funny stuff!! She was really really upset and said she would not do it again!!! OH MY GOODNESS!! Never a dull moment around here!!! :-)
One more quick story....Andy took Sadie and Pete out to do their business after they had dinner. (Sadie has been going out on her leash since she decided to skip town the other night!!!) Anyway...she was on the porch and Andy decided to sit down and hold her and try to make her like him, again. So I'm inside watchin Oprah and he hollers at me to come outside for a minute. I went out and this is seriously what he said to me...."So, I was holding Sadie and petting her and not kidding she crapped on me!!!!" OH MY GOSH!!! Talk about dying laughing!! She had left him about 7 little droppings right there in his lap!!!! He did not think it was funny at all and I was about to puke!! Holy cow.....it's been a pretty eventful evening!!!
Just thought I would share. Happy sleeping!! ps...it's 11:09PM!!! I'm sleepy!!
:-)
Nighty night!!

April 21, 2008

BLABBER.....finally!! :-)

Tis I....I am ALIVE. Not that anyone was worried or anything but it turns out that I am a horrible blogger!! :-( I so don't wanna be that person but I so am!! OK, lots to say, I think!!
Anyway...now to the really important stuff!!
I had a dr apt today! :-) Fun stuff!! I am 16 weeks and 4 days today!! :-) Pretty excited. Finally got to hear the heart beat, it was a strong 155! Can't remember what that is (boy/girl) but it was sounding good!! She was going to schedule me for my ultrasound in two weeks but since we are not finding out what we are having and are in no rush she is going to have me wait 4 weeks and then do it. We totally don't want to know what we are having but thinking about this it would be really fun to have blue or pink instead of all green and yellow!! Oh well, guess we'll just have to wait! They finally gave me a due date of October 30th! And....I've only gained 4 pounds since April 10th! (Huge surprise since NOTHING fits me!! :-( ) But...I'm having some name issues!! If anyone has a name that starts with an "A" that they would like to suggest...please do!! We need a name that is a little different. I can't have like a common name like, oh I don't know, Amanda or Andrew!! :-) If we know someone with the name, it's probably not gonna work!! But...please please we are open some suggestions!!! Enough on that for tonight!! :-)

Last night was the girls' first dance recital. It was extremely cute!! I was very proud of both of them and I have learned that neither one of them are shy...at all!! Adilynn has been doing her tap dance for MONTHS in my kitchen, night after night after night...well last night was the recital and they did not do any tap dancing. So...I've been suffering through her loudness (is that a word??) for about 3 months for absolutely NO reason??!?!?! WHAT??? Oh well, it was worth it. And...Aubrey, well let's just say she has some dance moves up her sleeve!! She came out lookin like Tina Turner on one dance, her head was a bobbin and her hair was flyin!! They had a grand time! Too bad we didn't get home til almost 11PM!!! Yucky!! Then I fell asleep while Andy was feeding the dogs and this is what I woke up to at 11:30ish..."Mandi, you have to come help me!" I freaked out for a second and then I learned that my stinkin little chihuahua dog, Sadie, would not come back to the house. She was abused and we have figured out that it was more than likely by a man, she is SCARED of Andy. He couldn't get her to come home. I had to walk down to the church parking lot with no shoes on, and anyone who knows me knows that I am scared of the dark....so I had to go get a flash light and then go looking for her again. She would NOT come home!! She ended up running into the back yard and I opened the back door and she came in and went straight to her kennel. Just a little advice, next time there will be NO chasing!! I'm making her go outside on a leash for a week or so and see if she feels like listening next time she's let out. (why did I just share that story???)

Anyway, going to head to the bed now!! I am really really going to try to start blogging at least once a year!! Hopefully I'll have something interesting tomorrow!!

Leaving with.....YAY FOR DAVID COOK!!! DC IS THE SHIZZLE!!! WOO WOO!! (I voted 36 times and I'm pretty sure I swayed the vote....go Mandi!!!)

Nighty night!!

April 1, 2008

TIMBER

I know, I know....I get so annoyed with other people who don't blog daily and I keep checking and checking and now...I'm that other people!! :-) Well...where to start, lots going on around here. First I'll start by attaching the Marshall Democrat News website, www.marshallnews.com you can go there and see the tree that fell on the house yesterday!!! You have to click on the story about the clean up, our house is the bottom house. If you click on it the picture gets bigger. I love the big trees around here but I'm beginning to think the big trees aren't so fond of us!! Some of you might remember we just had this happen in August 2007, that one got struck by lightning and didn't hurt anything, just killed the ugly bushes that we needed to take out anyway!! Well....this time, it got us :( I came home to let the dog in because they said the weather was getting bad. (I work in the basement of a basement and NEVER see daylight so I had NO clue!!!) I let Diezel in and went to the front room and there was a HUGE tree leaning against my living room windows!! So....I went to the front door and it was the other tree this time!! It's the tops of the trees but I bet these trees are 50 years old, they are very large and TALL (and awesome in the fall....or so I thought!!) Anyway...I called Andy and he came home to assess the damage!! We have about 6 large holes in the siding, two holes in the roof (one is over the screened porch), the gutters are completely off on that side, and there is some damage to the molding on the corner of the house!! LOTS OF FUN let me tell you!!! The holes in the roof are not leaking in the house, they go to the attic but it has to be repaired or it will damage the ceiling. Andy patched it outside and we should be good to go until we find our deductible hiding under the next tree that falls!! :( Oh well...no one got hurt and I'm thinking that's the most important thing...right?
Well...the oven is dinging and this girl don't miss a meal so I gotta go!! Lasagna smells so tasty!! Hope everyone has a great night!! I promise to post tomorrow night I have LOTS more to talk about!! Ta-Ta!!

March 17, 2008

Shoot'em up!!

Crap....Erica beat me!! I haven't been on in a long time and she blogged before me, poop!! Oh well, thanks for the motivation Erica, I'm gonna blog!! :-) It's been crazy around here for the past couple of weeks too!! My sisters and I, and Erica, planned a surprise party for my mom on Saturday, which went PERFECT!!! My poor neice Kelsie had my two girls, 7 and 3, Julie's kido, 10, and my sister's friend Christi's daugher, almost 4. I think she would have had the night made without my children!! First, Adilynn fell down and got a bloody nose, a bad one. Second, Aubrey bit her tounge and it was bleeding like crazy!! And....then I called to check on them around 10pm and Adilynn was SCREAMING and was scared and wanted us to come get her. I had to do some cleaning and then it was home to get my chillins!! Kelsie told her mom "thank goodness I'm getting paid!! When are ya'll coming home!!" Poor Kels!! YOU'RE THE BEST, THANK YOU!!! I think next time i'm gonna stay home and babysit, she made out like a bandit!! :-)
Oh yeah....I got to stay home today and do some laundry and hang out with Adi. She has some nasty stuff in her eyes and the babysitter was a little nervous to keep her without knowing if it was pink eye or something. When she was little she had a clogged tear duct and that's what I thought it was, not pink eye. Well....I'm still not sure what it was but she can't go to the babysitter for at least 24 hours after she starts her medicine, which are eye drops and should be a BLAST to put in!!! He said that she had a low grade fever too, nothing big. But let me tell you about how big my little baby is!! She was SO stinkin good in there. She stood on the scale and let them weigh her, then the doctor listened to her chest, looked in her eyes, ears, throat, checked everything and she sat there like an adult. I needed to have them check her shot record so I can register her for preschool next year.....WAAAAAAHHH.....well, we were 4 shots behind!!! 4, I almost cried!! I asked Adi if she wanted to do it and she said yes. It was TERRIBLE!! She had NO idea!! Poor baby!! That called for a trip to Dairy Queen!! (that fixes everything around here!!) Anyway, she survived but was very heart broken!! I doubt I'll ever get her back in that place!! Sorry Adi!!! Gotta go...drama in the toy room........

March 3, 2008

Chicago or bust!

Ok, it's finally happening. I'm getting on a plane!!!! I'm 27 years old and have never been on a plane! I'm scared to death! I have 3 places I really want to go before I die and I'm going to one!! It's like my own real life "bucket list." I am OBSESSED with celebrities and am dying to go to Hollywood one day, can't wait to go to New York and check it out, and Chicago, just because. Well, Erica has decided to make my butt get on a plane and we are heading to CHICAGO!! We are leaving on May 3rd and my tummy hurts just thinking about it. I'm so excited to take a "grown up trip!" No kids, no husbands, no work....WOO HOO!!! I just booked the flight Erica, no backin out now!! Anyway, everyone pray for us to have a safe trip!! I am getting ready to get us some tickets to the "best drag show ever!" I can't wait to laugh my butt off all weekend! Julie said that Erica and I will love it...I'm pretty sure we are down for anything fun!!
Now....to the diet plan. If anyone has any great dieting ideas, I'm all ears! Seriously good dieting plans....anyone...anyone????? I have to get the kids in the bath, been shopping for Chicago online all stinkin night!!! WOO HOO...Chicago or BUST!! :-)

Oh yeah, one little kid story. Adilynn is obsessed with the Grinch this week!! She keeps talking about Cindy Woo-hoo and her ribbons and crazy hair. She also keeps asking tons of questions about it, if anyone is a Grinch expert feel free to give me some answers. She also keeps saying, "nah nah nah nah knucklehead!" it's pretty stinkin funny!! Oh, and she has gone an entire week with no diaper at bedtime.We're so proud of her and she picked out Thomas On the train jammies for her prize! (of course Aubrey got some too....not really sure why, just couldn't leave her out!! not Thomas one's monkey's I think. Anyway, good night.

March 2, 2008

Weekend rambles.....

Ok, so I hate to start a blog and then not do it for three stinkin days! I really wanna add some pictures too.....that's probably never gonna happen cause I'm technologically challenged!! But anyway, it's been a GREAT weekend for outdoors!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE snow and I'm tired of it so I'm startin to think you people that don't love it as much as me are really tired of it!! (Erica??) So, I don't really have much to write about just thought I should write. It was a fairly good weekend, I planned house cleaning and laundry.....didn't get either done!!!! I got to babysit Will and Averi on Friday after work. He's a mover and so stinkin cute! And she is stinkin cute too...she made me call her "Princess Averi" all afternoon!! Her and Adi played dress up for a long time!! Then we had some great dinner! Aubrey had two friends spend the night Friday night, my sister Julie and her family came to town to visit, always fun!! Andy thought he needed to ride with his "boyfriend" James to Indiana Friday night to pick up a motorcycle so I was home alone!!! Anyone who knows me knows that I am scared of EVERYTHING so I didn't get much sleep on Friday night. Then Saturday Aubrey had a skating party. I'm happy to report that Julie did not fall on my kid this time! :-) (darn...that was so stinkin funny last time!!!) Then, we went to Aimee's house and enjoyed the sunshine....and 40 mph winds!! Adi and Kailyn were driving the Barbie Corvette....pretty stinkin cute!! :-) Had some good dinner again and came home. Today...played outside all day at my mom's house. OH....and Julie and I shot a GUN!! We both HATE guns but our husbands LOVE them so we both shot one!! I went first, cause I'm so brave! :-) Ps. I shot the gun and the part of the bullet that doesn't go forwards came straight back and went down my shirt!! Pretty comical really!! That only would happen to me!! Gave us a good laugh!! Well...I guess I'll go pretend that I'm going to clean or do laundry now!! Hope everyone had a great weekend!! Back to rain and 33 degrees tomorrow. Nightie night!

February 28, 2008

Tapping Ribboms

Well good news. I am still the mother of two little girls!! Aubrey decided not to move out after all!! She was calm this morning and has made it through the evening here!! She's so stinkin funny!!
So...the girls are taking dance class in Carrollton at Shapes on Thursday nights. They finally got to go this weekend. (it snowed one week, then they got to go, more snow the next week, and they got to go tonight!) Adilynn was really excited because it's the first night she got to wear her tap shoes! I just got them ordered....I'm such a good mom!!! Anyway....she has had them for about two weeks and EVERY single night she has worn them from the time she gets home until bath time! She is constantly tapping "ribboms" in my kitchen!! (that is rhythms for all you people that don't speak Adi!!) Anyway, she is extremely cute in her little XXS leotards, thanks Ju, and her little piggie tails!! She sings songs that she makes up the words to to the tune of London Bridges....it's stinkin hilarious!! She was singing, "Sadie, Sadie, Sadie, Sade" all night tonight and watching herself in the stove!! (that's our little doggie!) It cracks me up!
You totally don't have to worry about Aubrey getting her groove on!! She definitely has "ribbom" in every pair of pants that she wears!! It's a little scary sometimes cause she can really move her hips!! She's so stinkin cute! I can't wait for their recital so I can watch them!
Well....sorry this was so boring, I'm a little drained from no sleep......trying to take away the cup at night so Adi can sleep in panties instead of a diaper. Let me tell you, it's quite a chore! Every night at the exact same time, 2:30AM, she wakes up and says that she is a baby and needs a diaper. We've made it every night since Saturday without a diaper, with only one accident!!! Anyway, I'm off to bed not to try to get a little sleep in before 2:30. Happy dreams!!

February 27, 2008

Room for rent

Well....I'm gonna give it a try. I'm so not good at anything but checking my email and reading People.com so I'm not promising anything...but I'm gonna give it a try.
I think I might have picked the most boring night to start! :-) I can't think of anything good. Oh yeah, how bout this little tid bit! Adilynn just pulled out her earring and Aubrey, being the oh so brave big sister that she is, just decided that she would show Adi that it doesn't hurt to put them in (keep in mind Aubrey's earring holes have been closed for about a year now!!) So Aubrey goes to her jewelry box and grabs a ton of earrings to let Adi pick from and decides to put them in to show Adi how easy it is! OK well by the time Aubrey has picked them out Adilynn already has hers back in and is in her bedroom watching Elmo and forgot all about the earring. So, Aubrey gets one earring in and wants me to help with the other one. She is FLIPPING OUT!!!!! Screaming, jumping up and down, crying, yelling "Someone help me...help me PLEASE!!!!!!" So I quit with the earring and Aubrey decides that we don't like her and she's moving out!! (you can insert giggles at any point, it was freaking HILARIOUS!!!!) So, it's nine o'clock at night and Aubrey puts on boots, a sweat shirt, grabs her Nintendo DS, her cell phone, and a blanket. Being the good mom that I am...I packed her a toothbrush and was getting ready to give her directions to my moms!! So, Aubrey didn't make it off the porch. It's too dark so she said she's going to try again in the morning!! Man, life is truly interesting with her around. I love her and hope she changes her mind by morning......guess we'll have to wait and see!!
Stay tuned..............